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Post by Coreno on Feb 11, 2018 16:57:27 GMT -5
This team is just bad on defense. Stevens hasn’t made an adjustment on that end, and he continues to be atrocious at using timeouts. They've been the best defensive team in the NBA this year. Do you even like the Celtics?
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Post by Coreno on Feb 11, 2018 13:09:33 GMT -5
Seems like a stockier Holt, with a better swing.
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Post by Coreno on Feb 9, 2018 21:21:58 GMT -5
The Celtics are the weirdest team in the NBA
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Post by Coreno on Feb 8, 2018 23:37:51 GMT -5
Relevant recommendation: everyone should watch the NFL Films doc, "A Football Life: 1995 Cleveland Browns"
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Post by Coreno on Feb 7, 2018 15:05:21 GMT -5
So, uh, the Yankees finally got their franchise Quarterback...?
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Post by Coreno on Feb 2, 2018 23:59:30 GMT -5
Tanking is trying to lose. Most of these teams are just not really trying to win because they know they cant. For most teams it would be terrible business to spend assets to try and add to a team unless they've already got a young, affordable core.
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Post by Coreno on Feb 2, 2018 20:37:33 GMT -5
Yeah. That's not tanking. There has never been a league in existence where every team is a "going all in" contender.
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Post by Coreno on Feb 2, 2018 17:06:21 GMT -5
Bryce Harper put up an OPS+ of 111 in his age 21 season. I also don't think anyone was disappointed in Benintendi's year. He went through a couple of rough stretches but still had a really solid all-around year.
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Post by Coreno on Feb 2, 2018 12:25:44 GMT -5
Has pace of play gone too far?!?!
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Post by Coreno on Feb 1, 2018 10:58:59 GMT -5
So, are we just gonna ignore the sh*t stain on Morris' shorts...? What? LOL I did not see that. Check the tape of him writhing on the ground after falling on that dunk. Dude has some major swamp ass problem or something.
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Post by Coreno on Jan 31, 2018 23:00:04 GMT -5
So, are we just gonna ignore the sh*t stain on Morris' shorts...?
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Post by Coreno on Jan 31, 2018 15:55:03 GMT -5
MLB.COM has his nickname as Carlita....anyone tell me where that is from? It's actually Carita. No L. Spanish for "baby face"
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Post by Coreno on Jan 30, 2018 11:06:05 GMT -5
If Hanley is at or around replacement level, it means he probably isn't healthy enough to pass a physical. And if he's really that bad, he won't keep getting ABs. Maybe Brentz or Swihart get some of those starts. If they cant find someone in-house to give them production at DH, pick up a bat, maybe some expiring-contract rental. The only way I see Hanley's option vesting is if he absolutely mashes.
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Post by Coreno on Jan 30, 2018 10:42:37 GMT -5
The most cost-effective plan B to JDM is probably just rolling with Hanley to start the year.
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Post by Coreno on Jan 29, 2018 14:16:04 GMT -5
He was also arguably the best starter on some of those early 2000s NYY teams that had rotations featuring Hernandez, Pettitte, Wells, and Clemens.
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Post by Coreno on Jan 29, 2018 10:37:40 GMT -5
The Mussina-Appier thing is weird because Appier put up some similar numbers but he was basically just a less durable Mussina with worse control. There was never really any point in time when he was better than MM.
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Post by Coreno on Jan 26, 2018 13:43:58 GMT -5
Maybe he realized he and Tyler Dearden were the same person??
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Post by Coreno on Jan 26, 2018 11:11:49 GMT -5
I had completely forgotten that Cain came up with the Brewers.
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Post by Coreno on Jan 26, 2018 0:12:36 GMT -5
To be fair, the president has been performing quite a bit below replacement level.
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Post by Coreno on Jan 25, 2018 19:20:10 GMT -5
Isan Diaz is something of a local kid. Went to High School in Springfield, MA. Came to the Brewers in the Segura deal a few years ago.
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Post by Coreno on Jan 24, 2018 18:33:23 GMT -5
Hoffman getting in, but not Edgar is strange to me. Johan falling off is a real shame.
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Post by Coreno on Jan 24, 2018 14:33:05 GMT -5
JD Martinez is much better than Albert Pujols.
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Post by Coreno on Jan 22, 2018 19:58:39 GMT -5
Searching through the Pats playbook I found this: send your fastest receiver (Cooks) up the field on a “go” route and let the defender get an interference call for an easy 30 yards. Should work every time. It’s in the book. Really. I mean, yeah. I don't know why people get so upset that the Patriots are good at getting flags. It's a skill like a catcher's pitch framing ability, or a jump shooter using an up-fake to draw a foul. It's a part of the game and the Patriots would be dumb not to try and take advantage of the human element of sports that is officiating. Especially when you have a guy like Cooks who is an undersized burner. I almost guarantee they work on stuff like that when going up against more physical backs. Guys are gonna manhandle him to try and stop him from getting separation.
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Post by Coreno on Jan 21, 2018 1:03:34 GMT -5
So in Pujols' case, that's a pretty steady decline, not a cliff. Not in his early 30s, at least. I guess the cliff technically came last year, at 37 years old. But he was in decline for about 8 years, largely due to the fact that his walk rate has gone way down while his k-rate has risen throughout his 30s. His ISO and BABIP numbers have also been overall much lower in his 30s than in his 20s. In 2013 he was hampered by a foot injury (something that he's dealt with most of his career and possibly part of the reason his skills eroded as early as they did), that ended up cutting his season short. If you take out that year, his offensive numbers literally descend from year to year.
As for Teixeira, the four year span that you use for your argument is pretty skewed. While technically, yes he did put up 4WAR over 4 years, those four years consist of: -1 year, in which he played in only 15 games before season ending wrist surgery. I shouldn't have to explain why it's ridiculous that you included this season. -1 year, in which he came back from his wrist injury, and played well for a couple of months before re-aggravating his wrist in late May. He was hitting .248/.365/.853 when he sat for a few days to rest his sore wrist in late May. He hit .203/.292/.654 from that point on. -1 year, in which he put up nearly 4WAR as a 35 year old. This is the year where his entire value over this 4 year span comes from. This is the year I originally pointed out as an argument that he did not fall off a cliff in his early 30s. This is the only year of the 4 that matters. -1 year, in which his hitting ability finally cratered at age 36.
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Post by Coreno on Jan 20, 2018 14:04:23 GMT -5
Kind of weird to use 2 guys who put up near 4WAR seasons in their mid 30s as examples of guys who fell off a cliff in their early 30s.
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